Robert Heimer - Publications

Affiliations: 
Yale University, New Haven, CT 
Area:
Public Health, Epidemiology

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2023 Uusküla A, Rannap J, Weijler L, Abagiu A, Arendt V, Barrio G, Barros H, Brummer-Korvenkontio H, Casabona J, Croes E, Jarlais DD, Seguin-Devaux C, Dudás M, Eritsyan K, Folch C, ... ... Heimer R, et al. Incarceration history is associated with HIV infection among community-recruited people who inject drugs in Europe: A propensity-score matched analysis of cross-sectional studies. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 118: 2177-2192. PMID 37991429 DOI: 10.1111/add.16283  0.359
2022 Khoshnood K, Smoyer AB, Maviglia F, Kara J, Khouri D, Fouad FM, Heimer R. Stress, Marginalization, and Disruption: A Qualitative Rapid Situational Assessment of Substance Users and HIV Risk in Lebanon. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19. PMID 35954600 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159242  0.339
2022 Orr LV, Crawford FW, Khoshnood K, Khouri D, Fouad FM, Seal DW, Heimer R. Sociodemographic characteristics and HIV risk behaviors of native-born and displaced Syrian men and transgender women who have sex with men in Lebanon. Aids and Behavior. PMID 35672550 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03726-1  0.304
2021 Ward Z, Stone J, Bishop C, Ivakin V, Eritsyan K, Deryabina A, Low A, Cepeda J, Kelly SL, Heimer R, Cook R, Altice FL, Litz T, Terlikbayeva A, El-Bassel N, et al. Costs and impact on HIV transmission of a switch from a criminalisation to a public health approach to injecting drug use in eastern Europe and central Asia: a modelling analysis. The Lancet. Hiv. PMID 34895484 DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00274-5  0.358
2020 Heimer R, McNeil R, Vlahov D. A Community Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Case Study in Protecting the Health and Human Rights of People Who Use Drugs. Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. PMID 32720298 DOI: 10.1007/S11524-020-00465-3  0.392
2020 Vetrova MV, Aleksandrova OV, Paschenko AE, Toropov SE, Rassokhin VV, Abyshev RA, Levina OS, Niccolai L, Heimer R. Physician and patient prediction of adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV positive people in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Aids Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of Aids\/Hiv. 1-5. PMID 32148065 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1738005  0.358
2019 Orr L, Shebl FM, Heimer R, Khoshnood K, Barbour R, Khouri D, Aaraj E, Mokhbat JE, Crawford FW. Violence and Discrimination Against Men Who Have Sex With Men in Lebanon: The Role of International Displacement and Migration. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 886260519884684. PMID 31658847 DOI: 10.1177/0886260519884684  0.327
2019 King EJ, Niccolai LM, Eritsyan KU, Heimer R, Levina OS. HIV testing among people who inject drugs in Ivanovo and Novosibirsk, Russia. Central European Journal of Public Health. 27: 50-53. PMID 30927397 DOI: 10.21101/Cejph.A4831  0.451
2018 Heimer R, Hawk K, Vermund SH. Prevalent misconceptions about opioid use disorders in the United States produce failed policy and public health responses. Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. PMID 30452633 DOI: 10.1093/Cid/Ciy977  0.338
2018 Rosenberg A, Heimer R, Keene DE, Groves AK, Blankenship KM. Drug Treatment Accessed through the Criminal Justice System: Participants' Perspectives and Uses. Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. PMID 30191511 DOI: 10.1007/S11524-018-0308-9  0.377
2018 Heimer R. The Policy-Driven HIV Epidemic Among Opioid Users in the Russian Federation. Current Hiv/Aids Reports. PMID 29671203 DOI: 10.1007/S11904-018-0395-Y  0.395
2018 Wurcel AG, Burke D, Skeer M, Landy D, Heimer R, Wong JB, Chui KKH, Stopka TJ. Sex work, injection drug use, and abscesses: Associations in women, but not men. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 185: 293-297. PMID 29482054 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2017.12.028  0.345
2018 Vetrova MV, Aleksandrova OV, Paschenko AE, Toropov SE, Rassokhin VV, Abyshev RA, Levina OS, Niccolai LM, Heimer R. Early stages of HIV treatment cascade in people living with HIV in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Aids Care. 30: 857-862. PMID 29325435 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1417536  0.424
2018 Tavitian-Exley I, Maheu-Giroux M, Platt L, Heimer R, Uusküla A, Levina O, Vickerman P, Boily MC. Differences in risk behaviours and HIV status between primary amphetamines and opioid injectors in Estonia and Russia. The International Journal On Drug Policy. 53: 96-105. PMID 29306786 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugpo.2017.11.010  0.474
2017 Wu J, Crawford FW, Raag M, Heimer R, Uusküla A. Using data from respondent-driven sampling studies to estimate the number of people who inject drugs: Application to the Kohtla-Järve region of Estonia. Plos One. 12: e0185711. PMID 29095866 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0185711  0.375
2017 Ruiz MS, Heimer R, Levina OS, Badosova NV, Rassokhin VV, Belyakov AN, Belyakov NA. HIV-care access among people with incarceration experience in St. Petersburg, Russia. European Journal of Public Health. PMID 29020277 DOI: 10.1093/Eurpub/Ckx122  0.38
2017 Heimer R, Binka M, Koester S, Grund JC, Patel A, Paintsil E, Lindenbach BD. Recovery of Infectious Hepatitis C Virus from Injection Paraphernalia: Implications for Prevention Programs Serving People Who Inject Drugs. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. PMID 28968665 DOI: 10.1093/Infdis/Jix427  0.386
2017 Grau LE, Griffiths-Kundishora A, Heimer R, Hutcheson M, Nunn A, Towey C, Stopka TJ. Barriers and facilitators of the HIV care continuum in Southern New England for people with drug or alcohol use and living with HIV/AIDS: perspectives of HIV surveillance experts and service providers. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 12: 24. PMID 28965489 DOI: 10.1186/S13722-017-0088-7  0.42
2017 Bazazi AR, Vijay A, Crawford FW, Heimer R, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. HIV Testing and awareness of HIV status among people who inject drugs in greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Aids Care. 1-6. PMID 28803503 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1363852  0.433
2017 Tavitian-Exley I, Boily MC, Heimer R, Uusküla A, Levina O, Maheu-Giroux M. Polydrug Use and Heterogeneity in HIV Risk Among People Who Inject Drugs in Estonia and Russia: A Latent Class Analysis. Aids and Behavior. PMID 28699018 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-017-1836-0  0.474
2017 Li J, Valente TW, Shin HS, Weeks M, Zelenev A, Moothi G, Mosher H, Heimer R, Robles E, Palmer G, Obidoa C. Overlooked Threats to Respondent Driven Sampling Estimators: Peer Recruitment Reality, Degree Measures, and Random Selection Assumption. Aids and Behavior. PMID 28660381 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-017-1827-1  0.343
2017 Heimer R, Usacheva N, Barbour R, Niccolai LM, Uusküla A, Levina OS. Engagement in HIV care and its correlates among people who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation and Kohtla-Järve, Estonia. Addiction (Abingdon, England). PMID 28233356 DOI: 10.1111/Add.13798  0.46
2017 Ustinov A, Suvorova A, Belyakov A, Makhamatova A, Levina O, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, Niccolai L, Heimer R. Psychiatric Distress, Drug Use, and HIV Viral Load Suppression in Russia. Aids and Behavior. 20: 1603-8. PMID 26809193 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-016-1297-X  0.336
2016 Johannson A, Vorobjov S, Heimer R, Dovidio JF, Uusküla A. The Role of Internalized Stigma in the Disclosure of Injecting Drug Use Among People Who Inject Drugs and Self-Report as HIV-Positive in Kohtla-Järve, Estonia. Aids and Behavior. PMID 27990583 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-016-1647-8  0.452
2016 Abdala N, Patel A, Heimer R. Recovering Infectious HIV from Novel Syringe-Needle Combinations with Low Dead Space Volumes. Aids Research and Human Retroviruses. PMID 27548374 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2016.0023  0.304
2016 Drucker E, Anderson K, Haemmig R, Heimer R, Small D, Walley A, Wood E, van Beek I. Treating Addictions: Harm Reduction in Clinical Care and Prevention. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry. PMID 27112489 DOI: 10.1007/S11673-016-9720-6  0.326
2016 Grau LE, Zhan W, Heimer R. Prevention knowledge, risk behaviours and seroprevalence among nonurban injectors of southwest Connecticut. Drug and Alcohol Review. PMID 27073014 DOI: 10.1111/Dar.12396  0.334
2015 Uusküla A, Raag M, Vorobjov S, Rüütel K, Lyubimova A, Levina OS, Heimer R. Non-fatal overdoses and related risk factors among people who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kohtla-Järve, Estonia. Bmc Public Health. 15: 1255. PMID 26684815 DOI: 10.1186/S12889-015-2604-6  0.451
2015 Heimer R, Lyubimova A, Barbour R, Levina OS. Emergence of methadone as a street drug in St. Petersburg, Russia. The International Journal On Drug Policy. PMID 26573380 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugpo.2015.10.001  0.378
2015 Binka M, Paintsil E, Patel A, Lindenbach BD, Heimer R. Survival of Hepatitis C Virus in Syringes Is Dependent on the Design of the Syringe-Needle and Dead Space Volume. Plos One. 10: e0139737. PMID 26536599 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0139737  0.342
2015 Le LT, Grau LE, Nguyen HH, Khuat OH, Heimer R. Coalition building by drug user and sex worker community-based organizations in Vietnam can lead to improved interactions with government agencies: a qualitative study. Harm Reduction Journal. 12: 38. PMID 26470693 DOI: 10.1186/S12954-015-0070-1  0.399
2015 Heimer R, Levina OS, Osipenko V, Ruiz MS, Sergeyev B, Sirotkin AV, Vyshemirskaya I. Impact of incarceration experiences on reported HIV status and associated risk behaviours and disease comorbidities. European Journal of Public Health. PMID 26381650 DOI: 10.1093/Eurpub/Ckv157  0.451
2015 Bazazi AR, Crawford F, Zelenev A, Heimer R, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. HIV Prevalence Among People Who Inject Drugs in Greater Kuala Lumpur Recruited Using Respondent-Driven Sampling. Aids and Behavior. 19: 2347-57. PMID 26358544 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-015-1191-Y  0.448
2015 Suvorova A, Belyakov A, Makhamatova A, Ustinov A, Levina O, Tulupyev A, Niccolai L, Rassokhin V, Heimer R. Comparison of satisfaction with care between two different models of HIV care delivery in St. Petersburg, Russia. Aids Care. 27: 1309-16. PMID 26291488 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1054337  0.353
2015 Cepeda JA, Vetrova MV, Lyubimova AI, Levina OS, Heimer R, Niccolai LM. Community reentry challenges after release from prison among people who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia. International Journal of Prisoner Health. 11: 183-92. PMID 26277925 DOI: 10.1108/Ijph-03-2015-0007  0.374
2015 Calabrese SK, Burke SE, Dovidio JF, Levina OS, Uusküla A, Niccolai LM, Heimer R. Internalized HIV and Drug Stigmas: Interacting Forces Threatening Health Status and Health Service Utilization Among People with HIV Who Inject Drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Aids and Behavior. PMID 26050155 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-015-1100-4  0.438
2015 Heimer R, Zhan W, Grau LE. Prevalence and experience of chronic pain in suburban drug injectors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 151: 92-100. PMID 25841984 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2015.03.007  0.315
2015 Burke SE, Calabrese SK, Dovidio JF, Levina OS, Uusküla A, Niccolai LM, Abel-Ollo K, Heimer R. A tale of two cities: stigma and health outcomes among people with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia and Kohtla-Järve, Estonia. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 130: 154-61. PMID 25703668 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2015.02.018  0.433
2015 Cepeda JA, Niccolai LM, Lyubimova A, Kershaw T, Levina O, Heimer R. High-risk behaviors after release from incarceration among people who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 147: 196-202. PMID 25496706 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2014.11.021  0.393
2015 Dukhovlinova E, Masharsky A, Toussova O, Verevochkin S, Solovyeva T, Meringof M, Paintsil E, White E, Barbour R, Heimer R, Kozlov A. Two Independent HIV Epidemics in Saint Petersburg, Russia Revealed by Molecular Epidemiology. Aids Research and Human Retroviruses. 31: 608-14. PMID 25417740 DOI: 10.1089/Aid.2014.0150  0.431
2015 Makhamatova A, Suvorova A, Belyakov A, Ustinov A, Levina O, Heimer R. P61 Psychosocial determinants of HIV disclosure to confidants with different HIV status Sexually Transmitted Infections. 91. DOI: 10.1136/Sextrans-2015-052126.104  0.409
2014 Heimer R, Eritsyan K, Barbour R, Levina OS. Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence among people who inject drugs and factors associated with infection in eight Russian cities. Bmc Infectious Diseases. 14: S12. PMID 25253447 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-S6-S12  0.419
2014 Bowman S, Grau LE, Singer M, Scott G, Heimer R. Factors associated with hepatitis B vaccine series completion in a randomized trial for injection drug users reached through syringe exchange programs in three US cities. Bmc Public Health. 14: 820. PMID 25107530 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-820  0.322
2014 Hammett TM, Phan S, Gaggin J, Case P, Zaller N, Lutnick A, Kral AH, Fedorova EV, Heimer R, Small W, Pollini R, Beletsky L, Latkin C, Des Jarlais DC. Pharmacies as providers of expanded health services for people who inject drugs: a review of laws, policies, and barriers in six countries. Bmc Health Services Research. 14: 261. PMID 24938376 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-261  0.364
2014 Paintsil E, Binka M, Patel A, Lindenbach BD, Heimer R. Hepatitis C virus maintains infectivity for weeks after drying on inanimate surfaces at room temperature: implications for risks of transmission. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 209: 1205-11. PMID 24273176 DOI: 10.1093/Infdis/Jit648  0.313
2014 Akselrod H, Grau LE, Barbour R, Heimer R. Seroprevalence of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and HCV among injection drug users in Connecticut: understanding infection and coinfection risks in a nonurban population. American Journal of Public Health. 104: 1713-21. PMID 24134382 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.2013.301357  0.457
2014 Heimer R, Barbour R, Palacios WR, Nichols LG, Grau LE. Associations between injection risk and community disadvantage among suburban injection drug users in southwestern Connecticut, USA. Aids and Behavior. 18: 452-63. PMID 23921583 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-013-0572-3  0.424
2013 Hayes-Larson E, Grau LE, Khoshnood K, Barbour R, Khuat OT, Heimer R. Drug users in Hanoi, Vietnam: factors associated with membership in community-based drug user groups. Harm Reduction Journal. 10: 33. PMID 24268108 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-10-33  0.45
2013 Green TC, Zaller N, Palacios WR, Bowman SE, Ray M, Heimer R, Case P. Law enforcement attitudes toward overdose prevention and response. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 133: 677-84. PMID 24051061 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2013.08.018  0.544
2013 Heimer R. Patterns of new drug emergence: a comment in light of 'krokodil'. The International Journal On Drug Policy. 24: 275-7. PMID 23827763 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugpo.2013.06.003  0.381
2013 Eritsyan K, Heimer R, Barbour R, Odinokova V, White E, Rusakova MM, Smolskaya TT, Levina OS. Individual-level, network-level and city-level factors associated with HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs in eight Russian cities: a cross-sectional study. Bmj Open. 3. PMID 23794559 DOI: 10.1136/Bmjopen-2013-002645  0.459
2013 Mills HL, White E, Colijn C, Vickerman P, Heimer R. HIV transmission from drug injectors to partners who do not inject, and beyond: modelling the potential for a generalized heterosexual epidemic in St. Petersburg, Russia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 133: 242-7. PMID 23692991 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2013.04.028  0.459
2013 Green TC, Bowman SE, Zaller ND, Ray M, Case P, Heimer R. Barriers to medical provider support for prescription naloxone as overdose antidote for lay responders. Substance Use & Misuse. 48: 558-67. PMID 23647168 DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.787099  0.527
2013 Cepeda JA, Niccolai LM, Eritsyan K, Heimer R, Levina O. Moderate/heavy alcohol use and HCV infection among injection drug users in two Russian cities. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 132: 571-9. PMID 23642314 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2013.04.004  0.407
2013 Fedorova EV, Skochilov RV, Heimer R, Case P, Beletsky L, Grau LE, Kozlov AP, Shaboltas AV. Access to syringes for HIV prevention for injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: syringe purchase test study. Bmc Public Health. 13: 183. PMID 23452390 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-183  0.47
2013 Abdala N, Hansen NB, Toussova OV, Krasnoselskikh TV, Verevochkin S, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Correlates of unprotected sexual intercourse among women who inject drugs or who have sexual partners who inject drugs in St Petersburg, Russia. The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care / Faculty of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care, Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists. 39: 179-85. PMID 23377534 DOI: 10.1136/Jfprhc-2011-100284  0.377
2013 Green TC, Bowman SE, Ray M, Zaller N, Heimer R, Case P. Collaboration or coercion? Partnering to divert prescription opioid medications. Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 90: 758-67. PMID 23371052 DOI: 10.1007/S11524-012-9784-5  0.516
2013 Eritsyan KU, Levina OS, White E, Smolskaya TT, Heimer R. HIV prevalence and risk behavior among injection drug users and their sex partners in two Russian cities. Aids Research and Human Retroviruses. 29: 687-90. PMID 23186172 DOI: 10.1089/Aid.2012.0161  0.46
2013 Uusküla A, Raag M, Abel-Ollo K, Talu A, Rüütel K, Salekesin M, Niccolai L, White T, Heimer R. P3.225 HSV-2 Seroprevalence Among Current Injection Drug Users in Estonia Sexually Transmitted Infections. 89: A218.3-A219. DOI: 10.1136/Sextrans-2013-051184.0682  0.441
2013 White EW, Niccolai L, Toussova OV, Verevochkin SV, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. P3.133 Potential HIV Transmissions from Infected Drug Injectors and Men Who Have Sex with Men in Saint Petersburg, Russia Sexually Transmitted Infections. 89: A189.1-A189. DOI: 10.1136/Sextrans-2013-051184.0592  0.467
2012 Levina OS, Heimer R, Odinokova V, Bodanovskaya Z, Safiullina L, Irwin KS, Niccolai LM. Sexual Partners of Street-Based Female Sex Workers in St. Petersburg, Russia: A Model of Partnership Characteristics as a Basis for Further Research. Human Organization. 71: 32-43. PMID 25741032 DOI: 10.17730/Humo.71.1.9130380U68614W47  0.309
2012 Davidson AS, Zaller N, Dukhovlinova E, Toussova O, Feller E, Heimer R, Kozlov A. Speaking the truth: An analysis of gender differences in serostatus disclosure practices among HIV-infected patients in St Petersburg, Russia International Journal of Std and Aids. 23: 685-688. PMID 23104740 DOI: 10.1258/Ijsa.2012.011463  0.448
2012 Niccolai LM, Odinokova VA, Safiullina LZ, Bodanovskaya ZD, Heimer R, Levina OS, Rusakova MM. Clients of street-based female sex workers and potential bridging of HIV/STI in Russia: results of a pilot study. Aids Care. 24: 665-72. PMID 22292804 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.630356  0.438
2012 Uusküla A, Abel-Ollo K, Markina A, McNutt LA, Heimer R. Condom use and partnership intimacy among drug injectors and their sexual partners in Estonia. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 88: 58-62. PMID 22056984 DOI: 10.1136/Sextrans-2011-050195  0.455
2012 Abdala N, Hansen NB, Toussova OV, Krasnoselskikh TV, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Age at first alcoholic drink as predictor of current HIV sexual risk behaviors among a sample of injection drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs who are sexual partners of IDUs, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Aids and Behavior. 16: 1597-604. PMID 21800183 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-011-0013-0  0.351
2011 Beletsky L, Agrawal A, Moreau B, Kumar P, Weiss-Laxer N, Heimer R. Police training to align law enforcement and HIV prevention: preliminary evidence from the field. American Journal of Public Health. 101: 2012-5. PMID 21940924 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.2011.300254  0.326
2011 Beletsky L, Grau LE, White E, Bowman S, Heimer R. Prevalence, characteristics, and predictors of police training initiatives by US SEPs: Building an evidence base for structural interventions Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 119: 145-149. PMID 21705159 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2011.05.034  0.324
2011 Rudolph AE, Crawford ND, Latkin C, Heimer R, Benjamin EO, Jones KC, Fuller CM. Subpopulations of illicit drug users reached by targeted street outreach and respondent-driven sampling strategies: implications for research and public health practice. Annals of Epidemiology. 21: 280-9. PMID 21376275 DOI: 10.1016/J.Annepidem.2010.11.007  0.367
2011 Green TC, Grau LE, Carver HW, Kinzly M, Heimer R. Epidemiologic trends and geographic patterns of fatal opioid intoxications in Connecticut, USA: 1997-2007. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 115: 221-8. PMID 21131140 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2010.11.007  0.512
2011 Beletsky L, Grau LE, White E, Bowman S, Heimer R. The roles of law, client race and program visibility in shaping police interference with the operation of US syringe exchange programs. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 106: 357-65. PMID 21054615 DOI: 10.1111/J.1360-0443.2010.03149.X  0.326
2011 Ober AJ, Iguchi MY, Weiss RE, Gorbach PM, Heimer R, Ouellet LJ, Shoptaw S, Anglin MD, Zule WA. The relative role of perceived partner risks in promoting condom use in a three-city sample of high-risk, low-income women. Aids and Behavior. 15: 1347-58. PMID 20976538 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-010-9840-7  0.381
2011 Cepeda JA, Odinokova VA, Heimer R, Grau LE, Lyubimova A, Safiullina L, Levina OS, Niccolai LM. Drug network characteristics and HIV risk among injection drug users in Russia: the roles of trust, size, and stability. Aids and Behavior. 15: 1003-10. PMID 20872063 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-010-9816-7  0.439
2011 Niccolai LM, Verevochkin SV, Toussova OV, White E, Barbour R, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Estimates of HIV incidence among drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: continued growth of a rapidly expanding epidemic. European Journal of Public Health. 21: 613-9. PMID 20798184 DOI: 10.1093/Eurpub/Ckq115  0.449
2011 Grau LE, White E, Niccolai LM, Toussova OV, Verevochkin SV, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. HIV disclosure, condom use, and awareness of HIV infection among HIV-positive, heterosexual drug injectors in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Aids and Behavior. 15: 45-57. PMID 20700645 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-010-9775-Z  0.443
2011 Torban MN, Heimer R, Ilyuk RD, Krupitsky EM. Practices and Attitudes of Addiction Treatment Providers in the Russian Federation Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy. 2: 1-7. DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000104  0.369
2011 Niccolai L, Odinokova V, Safiullina L, Bodanovskaya Z, Heimer R, Levina O, Rusakova M. P1-S2.05 Clients of street-based female sex workers and potential bridging of HIV/STI in Russia Sexually Transmitted Infections. 87: A124-A125. DOI: 10.1136/Sextrans-2011-050108.62  0.467
2010 Abdala N, White E, Toussova OV, Krasnoselskikh TV, Verevochkin S, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Comparing sexual risks and patterns of alcohol and drug use between injection drug users (IDUs) and non-IDUs who report sexual partnerships with IDUs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Bmc Public Health. 10: 676. PMID 21054855 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-676  0.394
2010 Paintsil E, He H, Peters C, Lindenbach BD, Heimer R. Survival of hepatitis C virus in syringes: implication for transmission among injection drug users. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 202: 984-90. PMID 20726768 DOI: 10.1086/656212  0.339
2010 Green TC, Bluthenthal RN, Singer M, Beletsky L, Grau LE, Marshall P, Heimer R. Prevalence and predictors of transitions to and away from syringe exchange use over time in 3 US cities with varied syringe dispensing policies. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 111: 74-81. PMID 20537814 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2010.03.022  0.562
2010 Green TC, Kershaw T, Lin H, Heimer R, Goulet JL, Kraemer KL, Gordon AJ, Maisto SA, Day NL, Bryant K, Fiellin DA, Justice AC. Patterns of drug use and abuse among aging adults with and without HIV: a latent class analysis of a US Veteran cohort. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 110: 208-20. PMID 20395074 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2010.02.020  0.623
2010 Heimer R, White E. Estimation of the number of injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 109: 79-83. PMID 20060238 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2009.12.010  0.478
2010 Niccolai LM, Toussova OV, Verevochkin SV, Barbour R, Heimer R, Kozlov AP. High HIV prevalence, suboptimal HIV testing, and low knowledge of HIV-positive serostatus among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. Aids and Behavior. 14: 932-41. PMID 18843531 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-008-9469-Y  0.444
2010 Belyakov NA, Zagdyn ZM, Rassochin VV, Trofimova TN, Kovelenov AY, Dubrow R, Heimer R. Malignancies in HIV Infectious Agents and Cancer. 5: 1-1. DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-5-S1-A52  0.306
2009 Grau LE, Green TC, Singer M, Bluthenthal RN, Marshall PA, Heimer R. Getting the message straight: effects of a brief hepatitis prevention intervention among injection drug users. Harm Reduction Journal. 6: 36. PMID 20003518 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-6-36  0.558
2009 Paintsil E, Verevochkin SV, Dukhovlinova E, Niccolai L, Barbour R, White E, Toussova OV, Alexander L, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Hepatitis C virus infection among drug injectors in St Petersburg, Russia: social and molecular epidemiology of an endemic infection. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 104: 1881-90. PMID 19712125 DOI: 10.1111/J.1360-0443.2009.02687.X  0.32
2009 Kruse GR, Barbour R, Heimer R, Shaboltas AV, Toussova OV, Hoffman IF, Kozlov AP. Drug choice, spatial distribution, HIV risk, and HIV prevalence among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. Harm Reduction Journal. 6: 22. PMID 19646255 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-6-22  0.499
2009 Grau LE, Green TC, Torban M, Blinnikova K, Krupitsky E, Ilyuk R, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Psychosocial and contextual correlates of opioid overdose risk among drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. Harm Reduction Journal. 6: 17. PMID 19630963 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-6-17  0.572
2009 Toussova O, Shcherbakova I, Volkova G, Niccolai L, Heimer R, Kozlov A. Potential bridges of heterosexual HIV transmission from drug users to the general population in St. Petersburg, Russia: is it easy to be a young female? Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 86: 121-30. PMID 19533368 DOI: 10.1007/S11524-009-9364-5  0.385
2009 Niccolai LM, Shcherbakova IS, Toussova OV, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. The potential for bridging of HIV transmission in the Russian Federation: sex risk behaviors and HIV prevalence among drug users (DUs) and their non-DU sex partners. Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 86: 131-43. PMID 19507037 DOI: 10.1007/S11524-009-9369-0  0.428
2009 Iguchi MY, Ober AJ, Berry SH, Fain T, Heckathorn DD, Gorbach PM, Heimer R, Kozlov A, Ouellet LJ, Shoptaw S, Zule WA. Simultaneous recruitment of drug users and men who have sex with men in the United States and Russia using respondent-driven sampling: sampling methods and implications. Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 86: 5-31. PMID 19472058 DOI: 10.1007/S11524-009-9365-4  0.382
2009 Green TC, Grau LE, Blinnikova KN, Torban M, Krupitsky E, Ilyuk R, Kozlov A, Heimer R. Social and structural aspects of the overdose risk environment in St. Petersburg, Russia. The International Journal On Drug Policy. 20: 270-6. PMID 18774283 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugpo.2008.07.002  0.561
2008 Hu Y, Grau LE, Scott G, Seal KH, Marshall PA, Singer M, Heimer R. Economic evaluation of delivering hepatitis B vaccine to injection drug users. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 35: 25-32. PMID 18541174 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amepre.2008.03.028  0.542
2008 Green TC, Heimer R, Grau LE. Distinguishing signs of opioid overdose and indication for naloxone: an evaluation of six overdose training and naloxone distribution programs in the United States. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 103: 979-89. PMID 18422830 DOI: 10.1111/J.1360-0443.2008.02182.X  0.5
2008 Sherman SG, Gann DS, Scott G, Carlberg S, Bigg D, Heimer R. A qualitative study of overdose responses among Chicago IDUs. Harm Reduction Journal. 5: 2. PMID 18218071 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-5-2  0.428
2008 Heimer R. Community coverage and HIV prevention: assessing metrics for estimating HIV incidence through syringe exchange. The International Journal On Drug Policy. 19: S65-73. PMID 18207726 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugpo.2007.12.004  0.419
2008 Heimer R, Barbour R, Shaboltas AV, Hoffman IF, Kozlov AP. Spatial distribution of HIV prevalence and incidence among injection drugs users in St Petersburg: implications for HIV transmission. Aids (London, England). 22: 123-30. PMID 18090400 DOI: 10.1097/Qad.0B013E3282F244Ef  0.441
2008 Heimer R, Grau LE, Singer M, Scott G, Marshall PA, Hu Y, Seal KH. Hepatitis B virus prevalence and vaccination rates among Hispanic injection drug users participating in a vaccination campaign Journal of Drug Issues. 38: 335-350. DOI: 10.1177/002204260803800114  0.551
2008 Heimer R, Grau LE, Singer M, Scott G, Marshall PA, Hu Y, Seal KH. Hepatitis B Virus Prevalence and Vaccination Rates among Hispanic Injection Drug Users Participating in a Vaccination Campaign Journal of Drug Issues. 38: 335-350. DOI: 10.1177/002204260803800114  0.505
2008 Heimer R. HIV and Injecting Drug Use Injecting Illicit Drugs. 92-110. DOI: 10.1002/9780470776339.ch8  0.368
2007 Beyrer C, Baral S, Shaboltas A, Dukhovlinova E, Masharsky A, Verevochkin S, Latkin C, Heimer R, Hoffman I, Kozlov A. The feasibility of HIV vaccine efficacy trials among Russian injection drug users. Vaccine. 25: 7014-6. PMID 17707960 DOI: 10.1016/J.Vaccine.2007.07.028  0.432
2007 Grau LE, Dasgupta N, Harvey AP, Irwin K, Givens A, Kinzly ML, Heimer R. Illicit use of opioids: is OxyContin a "gateway drug"? The American Journal On Addictions / American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addictions. 16: 166-73. PMID 17612819 DOI: 10.1080/10550490701375293  0.379
2007 Badrieva L, Karchevsky E, Irwin KS, Heimer R. Lower injection-related HIV-1 risk associated with participation in a harm reduction program in Kazan, Russia. Aids Education and Prevention : Official Publication of the International Society For Aids Education. 19: 13-23. PMID 17411386 DOI: 10.1521/Aeap.2007.19.1.13  0.383
2007 Heimer R, Kinzly ML, He H, Abdala N. The effect of acids on the survival of HIV during drug injection. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999). 45: 144-50. PMID 17356472 DOI: 10.1097/Qai.0B013E318042Aede  0.438
2007 Nabatov AA, Masharsky AE, Verevochkin SV, Emelyanov AV, Lukashov VV, Heimer R, Ryder RW, Goudsmit J, Kozlov AP. The rate of epidemiological and virological changes during the transition from nascent to concentrated HIV epidemic stage in the former Soviet Union countries. Aids Research and Human Retroviruses. 23: 183-92. PMID 17331025 DOI: 10.1089/Aid.2006.0006  0.416
2007 Uusküla A, McNutt LA, Dehovitz J, Fischer K, Heimer R. High prevalence of blood-borne virus infections and high-risk behaviour among injecting drug users in Tallinn, Estonia. International Journal of Std & Aids. 18: 41-6. PMID 17326862 DOI: 10.1258/095646207779949907  0.468
2007 Heimer R, Grau LE, Curtin E, Khoshnood K, Singer M. Assessment of HIV testing of urban injection drug users: implications for expansion of HIV testing and prevention efforts. American Journal of Public Health. 97: 110-6. PMID 17138916 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.2005.078105  0.445
2006 Irwin K, Karchevsky E, Heimer R, Badrieva L. Secondary syringe exchange as a model for HIV prevention programs in the Russian Federation. Substance Use & Misuse. 41: 979-99. PMID 16809182 DOI: 10.1080/10826080600667219  0.367
2006 Abdala N, Grund JP, Tolstov Y, Kozlov AP, Heimer R. Can home-made injectable opiates contribute to the HIV epidemic among injection drug users in the countries of the former Soviet Union? Addiction (Abingdon, England). 101: 731-7. PMID 16669907 DOI: 10.1111/J.1360-0443.2006.01409.X  0.44
2006 Shaboltas AV, Toussova OV, Hoffman IF, Heimer R, Verevochkin SV, Ryder RW, Khoshnood K, Perdue T, Masse BR, Kozlov AP. HIV prevalence, sociodemographic, and behavioral correlates and recruitment methods among injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999). 41: 657-63. PMID 16652041 DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000220166.56866.22  0.346
2006 Kozlov AP, Shaboltas AV, Toussova OV, Verevochkin SV, Masse BR, Perdue T, Beauchamp G, Sheldon W, Miller WC, Heimer R, Ryder RW, Hoffman IF. HIV incidence and factors associated with HIV acquisition among injection drug users in St Petersburg, Russia. Aids (London, England). 20: 901-6. PMID 16549975 DOI: 10.1097/01.Aids.0000218555.36661.9C  0.369
2006 Uuskula A, Heimer R, Dehovitz J, Fischer K, McNutt LA. Surveillance of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus in an estonian injection drug-using population: sensitivity and specificity of testing syringes for public health surveillance. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 193: 455-7. PMID 16388495 DOI: 10.1086/499436  0.412
2006 Buchanan D, Tooze JA, Shaw S, Kinzly M, Heimer R, Singer M. Demographic, HIV risk behavior, and health status characteristics of "crack" cocaine injectors compared to other injection drug users in three New England cities. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 81: 221-9. PMID 16171952 DOI: 10.1016/J.Drugalcdep.2005.07.011  0.33
2005 Grau LE, Bluthenthal RN, Marshall P, Singer M, Heimer R. Psychosocial and behavioral differences among drug injectors who use and do not use syringe exchange programs. Aids and Behavior. 9: 495-504. PMID 16237501 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-005-9020-3  0.457
2005 Singer M, Stopka T, Shaw SJ, Santelices C, Buchanan D, Teng W, Khooshnood K, Heimer R. Lessons from the field : From research to application in the fight against AIDS among injection drug users in three New England Cities Human Organization. 64: 179-191. DOI: 10.17730/Humo.64.2.Ga5Ebpqynpxayrb5  0.423
2005 Heimer R, Zambrano JA, Brunet A, Ortiz AM, Catania H, Newman RG. Methadone Maintenance in a Men's Prison in Puerto Rico: A Pilot Program: Journal of Correctional Health Care. 11: 295-305. DOI: 10.1177/107834580401100307  0.338
2004 Bluthenthal RN, Malik MR, Grau LE, Singer M, Marshall P, Heimer R. Sterile syringe access conditions and variations in HIV risk among drug injectors in three cities. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 99: 1136-46. PMID 15317634 DOI: 10.1111/J.1360-0443.2004.00694.X  0.43
2004 Abdala N, Crowe M, Tolstov Y, Heimer R. Survival of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 after rinsing injection syringes with different cleaning solutions. Substance Use & Misuse. 39: 581-600. PMID 15115214 DOI: 10.1081/Ja-120030059  0.423
2004 Schmid GP, Buvé A, Mugyenyi P, Garnett GP, Hayes RJ, Williams BG, Calleja JG, De Cock KM, Whitworth JA, Kapiga SH, Ghys PD, Hankins C, Zaba B, Heimer R, Boerma JT. Transmission of HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa and effect of elimination of unsafe injections. Lancet (London, England). 363: 482-8. PMID 14962531 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15497-4  0.404
2003 Hofman NG, Strenski TA, Marshall PA, Heimer R. Maintaining respectability and responsibility: Gendered labor patterns among women injection drug users Health Care For Women International. 24: 794-807. PMID 14742117 DOI: 10.1080/07399330390229966  0.394
2003 Abdala N, Carney JM, Durante AJ, Klimov N, Ostrovski D, Somlai AM, Kozlov A, Heimer R. Estimating the prevalence of syringe-borne and sexually transmitted diseases among injection drug users in St Petersburg, Russia. International Journal of Std & Aids. 14: 697-703. PMID 14596774 DOI: 10.1258/095646203322387965  0.459
2003 Koester S, Heimer R, Barón AE, Glanz J, Teng W. Re: "Risk of hepatitis C virus among young adult injection drug users who share injection equipment". American Journal of Epidemiology. 157: 376; author reply 37. PMID 12578809 DOI: 10.1093/Aje/Kwf197  0.358
2003 Heimer R. Model phobia: Looking past the curves International Journal of Drug Policy. 14: 87-88. DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3959(02)00213-X  0.364
2002 Heimer R, Clair S, Teng W, Grau LE, Khoshnood K, Singer M. Effects of increasing syringe availability on syringe-exchange use and HIV risk: Connecticut, 1990-2001. Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 79: 556-70. PMID 12468675 DOI: 10.1093/Jurban/79.4.556  0.419
2002 Grau LE, Arevalo S, Catchpool C, Heimer R. Expanding harm reduction services through a wound and abscess clinic. American Journal of Public Health. 92: 1915-7. PMID 12453808 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.92.12.1915  0.327
2002 Heimer R, Clair S, Grau LE, Bluthenthal RN, Marshall PA, Singer M. Hepatitis-associated knowledge is low and risks are high among HIV-aware injection drug users in three US cities. Addiction (Abingdon, England). 97: 1277-87. PMID 12359032 DOI: 10.1046/J.1360-0443.2002.T01-1-00211.X  0.486
2001 Abdala N, Gleghorn AA, Carney JM, Heimer R. Can HIV-1-contaminated syringes be disinfected? Implications for transmission among injection drug users. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999). 28: 487-94. PMID 11744839 DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200112150-00013  0.463
2000 Heimer R, Abdala N. Viability of HIV-1 in syringes: Implications for interventions among injection drug users Aids Reader. 10: 410-417. PMID 10932845  0.369
2000 Abdala N, Reyes R, Carney JM, Heimer R. Survival of HIV-1 in syringes: effects of temperature during storage. Substance Use & Misuse. 35: 1369-83. PMID 10921429 DOI: 10.3109/10826080009148220  0.384
2000 Singer M, Stopka T, Siano C, Springer K, Barton G, Khoshnood K, De Puga AG, Heimer R. The social geography of AIDS and hepatitis risk: Qualitative approaches for assessing local differences in sterile-syringe access among injection drug users American Journal of Public Health. 90: 1049-1056. PMID 10897181 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.90.7.1049  0.401
1999 Clatts MC, Heimer R, Abdala N, Goldsamt LA, Sotheran JL, Anderson KT, Gallo TM, Hoffer LD, Luciano PA, Kyriakides T. HIV-1 transmission in injection paraphernalia: Heating drug solutions may inactivate HIV-1 Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 22: 194-199. PMID 10843535 DOI: 10.1097/00126334-199910010-00013  0.439
1999 Abdala N, Stephens PC, Griffith BP, Heimer R. Survival of HIV-1 in syringes. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology : Official Publication of the International Retrovirology Association. 20: 73-80. PMID 9928733 DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199901010-00011  0.308
1998 Rich JD, Dickinson BP, Carney JM, Fisher A, Heimer R. Detection of HIV-1 nucleic acid and HIV-1 antibodies in needles and syringes used for non-intravenous injection. Aids (London, England). 12: 2345-50. PMID 9863878 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199817000-00017  0.405
1998 Heimer R, Khoshnood K, Bigg D, Guydish J, Junge B. Syringe use and reuse: Effects of syringe exchange programs in four cities Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 18. PMID 9663622 DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199802001-00008  0.388
1995 Kaplan EH, Heimer R. HIV incidence among new haven needle exchange participants: Updated estimates from syringe tracking and testing data Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 10: 175-176. PMID 7552482 DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199510020-00010  0.377
1994 Heimer R, Lopes M. Syringe and Needle Exchange to Prevent HIV Infection Jama. 271: 1825-1826. PMID 8196134 DOI: 10.1001/Jama.271.23.1825A  0.461
1994 Kaplan EH, Khoshnood K, Heimer R. A decline in HIV-infected needles returned to New Haven's needle exchange program: Client shift or needle exchange? American Journal of Public Health. 84: 1991-1994. PMID 7998644 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.84.12.1991  0.424
1993 Myers SS, Heimer R, Liu D, Henrard D. HIV DNA and antibodies in syringes from injecting drug users: A comparison of detection techniques Aids. 7: 925-931. PMID 8357554 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199307000-00004  0.389
1993 Heimer R, Kaplan EH, Khoshnood K, Jariwala B, Cadman EC. Needle exchange decreases the prevalence of HIV-1 proviral DNA in returned syringes in New Haven, Connecticut The American Journal of Medicine. 95: 214-220. PMID 8356986 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(93)90263-O  0.423
1993 Kaplan EH, Heimer R. What Happened to HIV Transmission among Drug Injectors in New Haven Chance. 6: 9-14. DOI: 10.1080/09332480.1993.10542355  0.444
1992 Kaplan EH, Heimer R. Hiv prevalence among intravenous drug users: Model-based estimates from new haven’s legal needle exchange Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 5: 163-169. PMID 1732509  0.33
1992 Heimer R, Myers SS, Cadman EC, Kaplan EH. Detection by Polymerase Chain Reaction of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Proviral DNA Sequences in Needles of Injecting Drug Users Journal of Infectious Diseases. 165: 781-782. PMID 1552214 DOI: 10.1093/Infdis/165.4.781  0.309
1992 Kaplan EH, Heimer R. A model-based estimate of HIV infectivity via needle sharing Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 5: 1116-1118. PMID 1403641  0.338
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